Sec. 12.6. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "secondary recovery method" includes but is not limited to the stimulation of oil production by means of the injection of water, steam, hydrocarbons, or chemicals, or by means of in situ combustion.
(b) The total assessed value of all interests in the oil located on or beneath the surface of a particular tract of land equals the product of:
(1) the average daily production of the oil; multiplied by
(2) three hundred sixty-five (365); and multiplied by
(3) the posted price of oil on the assessment date.
However, if the oil is being extracted by use of a secondary recovery method, the total assessed value of all interests in the oil equals one-half (1/2) the assessed value computed under the formula prescribed in this subsection. The appropriate township assessor (if any), or the county assessor if there is no township assessor for the township, shall, in the manner prescribed by the department of local government finance, apportion the total assessed value of all interests in the oil among the owners of those interests.
(c) The appropriate township assessor, or the county assessor if there is no township assessor for the township, shall, in the manner prescribed by the department of local government finance, determine and apportion the total assessed value of all interests in the gas located beneath the surface of a particular tract of land.
(d) The department of local government finance shall prescribe a schedule for township and county assessors to use in assessing the oil or gas interests described in section 12.4(a) of this chapter and the appurtenances described in section 12.4(c) of this chapter. The owner or owner's agent of the oil or gas interests or appurtenances described in section 12.4 of this chapter must file the schedule by May 15 each year with the appropriate township assessor (if any), or the county assessor if there is no township assessor for the township.
(e) If a person fails to file the schedule required by subsection (d) on or before the due date, the county auditor shall add a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25) to the person's next property tax installment. The county auditor shall also add an additional penalty to the taxes payable by the person if the person fails to file the schedule within thirty (30) days after the due date. The amount of the additional penalty is ten percent (10%) of the taxes finally determined to be due with respect to the property which should have been reported on the schedule.
As added by P.L.198-2001, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.67; P.L.83-2019, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Procedures for Real Property Assessment
6-1.1-4-1. Place of Assessment; Person Liable
6-1.1-4-2. Assessment of Property Held by Fiduciary
6-1.1-4-3. Heirs or Devisees; Assessment
6-1.1-4-4.2. County Reassessment Plan; Approval by Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-4.7. Training of Assessors and County Auditors in Sales Disclosure Form Verification
6-1.1-4-4.8. Reassessment of Covered Projects
6-1.1-4-5.5. Petition for Reassessment Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-10. Notice of Reassessments; Publication
6-1.1-4-11. Destroyed Property; Order of Reassessment by County Assessor
6-1.1-4-12. Circumstances Under Which Undeveloped Land May Be Reassessed
6-1.1-4-12.4. "Oil or Gas Interest"; Assessment
6-1.1-4-12.6. Assessed Value of Oil or Gas Interests; Schedule; Penalty
6-1.1-4-13. Agricultural Land; Assessment; Soil Productivity Factors
6-1.1-4-13.6. Determination and Review of Land Values
6-1.1-4-14. Adjacent Property Holders; Assessment or Exemption of Various Rights-of-Way
6-1.1-4-15. Appraisal; Examination of Buildings
6-1.1-4-16. Assessors' Assistants; Appropriation
6-1.1-4-17. Employment of Professional Appraisers as Technical Advisors
6-1.1-4-18.5. Professional Appraisal; Contract for Services; Bids Required
6-1.1-4-19.5. Professional Appraising Services; Standard Contract or Contract Provisions
6-1.1-4-20. Professional Appraisal; Contract Deadline
6-1.1-4-21.4. Appraisal Completion Date and Reporting Requirements Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-22. Amounts of Assessment or Reassessment; Notice
6-1.1-4-24. Notice to County Auditor of Assessed Value
6-1.1-4-25. Record Keeping; Electronic Data Files
6-1.1-4-26. Adoption or Promulgation of Documents by the Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-27.5. Property Reassessment Fund; Tax Levies; Petition to Increase Levy; Appeal
6-1.1-4-28.5. Property Reassessment Funds; Use of Money; Soil Maps
6-1.1-4-29. Expenses of Reassessment
6-1.1-4-30. Interim Assessments or Reassessments; Rules and Regulations
6-1.1-4-39. Assessment of Rental Property and Mobile Homes; Low Income Rental Housing Exclusion
6-1.1-4-39.5. Assessment of Qualified Real Property
6-1.1-4-41. Assessment of Low Income Rental Housing
6-1.1-4-45. Assessment of Land on Which an Outdoor Sign Is Located